Agenda and minutes

Audit, Risk and Governance Committee - Appointments Sub Committee - Friday, 27th September, 2024 9.00 am

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

Minutes:

None.

2.

Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests

Members are asked to consider any pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the agenda.

Minutes:

None.

3.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 17 September 2024 pdf icon PDF 171 KB

Minutes:

Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 17 September 2024 be confirmed as an accurate record.

4.

Date of Next Meeting

Not required.

Minutes:

It was noted that no further meetings of the Appointments Sub-Committee were currently scheduled.

5.

Exclusion of Press and Public

The sub-committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item.

Minutes:

Resolved: That the press and members of the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

 

It was considered that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

6.

Independent Co-opted Member Appointment - Interviews

Minutes:

The committee conducted interviews for the role of Independent Co-opted Member to the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee.

 

Resolved: That the outcome of the interviews, to appoint Mr Stephen Dunstan to the role of Independent Co-opted Member, be notified to the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee for recommendation to Full Council for approval.